MY MOM, WHO HAS BEEN ADAMANTLY AGAINST PETS FOR ALL HER LIFE IS OPEN TO THE IDEA OF ME GETTING CATS

What timeline is this?

!!

me, a joke cuz mom has always refused animals: What if we just get cats to keep the rats out of the house.
mom: i don't know how to take care of an animal
me:
me: ???????????????

Mind you, I have wanted pets, and have had pets when I was moved out which she begrudgingly accepted their existence when I moved back home (lmao lol)

but after my last pet passing, I haven't had a pet since I haven't moved out again since...

I'm not completely confident right this moment (we wouldn't be able to look into adopting until next year anyways) but I have a few friends and my siblings to discuss at length while I slowly clean the house for next year and the prospect of having fur babies around the house would make me so happy...

KIBBY?!

;; awwww yessssss holds your paws that's so exciting to think about

I'm thinking of a bonded pair for sure. I do still travel one-two times a month

It's only like a few days at a time where I can ask my sister or a friend to come by and just feed them/check up on them but I don't feel like it's right for me to have a single cat then and I'd prefer they had a companion.